Vineyard Workers

Job description

Coastal Farm Labor Services, Inc. (also referred to herein as “Coastal Farm” “Employer” or “Company”) is headquartered in Oxnard, California, at 319 Lambert St, Suite B, Oxnard, CA 93036. Phone: (805) 983-6412. The employer has designated this as the Application site.
Coastal Farm is a registered Farm Labor Contractor.
California State Tax ID number: 055-4419-2
Federal Employer ID number (FEIN): 47-1381376

Job title: Vineyard Workers
Workers Needed:
a. Total: 10
b. H-2A: 10
Coastal Farm seeks certification for 10 H-2A workers.

Vineyard Worker to perform the following duties: Fruit thinning, leafing, suckering, hoeing, leafing pruning, installing wire mesh & trellis, harvesting, tractor driving, clean-up, spraying and other related viticulture operations.

WINE GRAPE HARVEST WORKER:
Wine Grape Harvest Workers use a knife to cut grape bunches off of grape vines and into a tub (also called a lug). The tub/lug is then dumped into a bin (also called a gondola). May drive a tractor directly in connection with picking grapes. Tractor driving, weed control and property maintenance, leaf picking, crop thinning, tally sheet recording, and picking with a machine harvester.

VINEYARD WORKER (NON-HARVEST):
Assisting in the production, planting, and maintenance of vineyards, which involves preparing the soil, erecting trellis, and irrigation equipment, pruning, and training vines, and controlling pests/diseases with regular spraying.

Special Requirements

1 month of vineyard work experience. Workers must be able to lift 65 lbs. frequently. No smoking or illegal weapons or controlled substances in the vineyards or in the houses. Cannot be color blind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops. Able to stoop, bend, and work in cold and wet conditions. Able to use tools such as pruning shears, grape knives, hand saws, weed eaters, hedgers, shovels.

(See Addendum C)